Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Such a dirty disease fights under your skin
It eats and it burns and it rapes and it turns
Such an infested thing laying eggs within
They hatch in your lungs with dirty tongues
I'm gonna touch you inside
I'm gonna be your little child
Right where your blood runs wild
Inside, that's where I'll hide
Such a violent syndrome taped to your spine
It's a virus storm and it's about to be born
Such a violent word that wants to be heard
You got me deep within and under your skin
I'm gonna touch you inside
I'm gonna be your little child
Right where your blood runs wild
Inside, that's where I'll hide
It eats and it burns and it rapes and it turns
Such an infested thing laying eggs within
They hatch in your lungs with dirty tongues
I'm gonna touch you inside
I'm gonna be your little child
Right where your blood runs wild
Inside, that's where I'll hide
Such a violent syndrome taped to your spine
It's a virus storm and it's about to be born
Such a violent word that wants to be heard
You got me deep within and under your skin
I'm gonna touch you inside
I'm gonna be your little child
Right where your blood runs wild
Inside, that's where I'll hide
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Syndrome Lyrics as written by Emil Nodtveidt Andreas Bergh
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its aboutt fuckinnggg
{which is somethinggg tht me+blakee have too do} :OO shhh.
@inwardxxscream It's about the fact your worthless mother didn't consider getting an abortion. <br /> <br /> You couldn't be more wrong if you said the band flew down from Mars to perform it.
I pyschoanalyse everything a little too much. And I'm usually wrong. Except... It's pretty violent. And syndrome is like... the symptoms that happen with disease. I think, maybe he's referring to himself as the disease.
Either that or it's sex. Which is probably more likely.
Either way, this is catchy.
@rawrimatoaster_x It's about the fact your worthless mother didn't consider getting an abortion. <br /> <br /> You couldn't be more wrong if you said the band flew down from Mars to perform it.